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Hosted by Alexander Armstrong and ably assisted by Richard Osman, Pointless has been a ratings success with a daily slot on BBC One since 2009. Along with the prime-time Pointless Celebrities, the show has earned it’s place in game show history. Kinetic Pixel have been responsible for over 600 shows since late 2013, and have continued to enhance and improve the systems, adding new question types as required by the production and improving and enhancing the technical delivery.

Members of our team designed and built the control systems, gameplay and graphics in 2009 and have continued to support it through the a transition that saw Kinetic Pixel taking over the supply and operation of the shows technology systems in 2013. We’ve ensured that Endemol UK continued to have a same standard of support needed for a production that requires delivery of over 200 shows a year.

Pointless is a show that is very much driven by our technology – the entire show depends on it, from lighting and sound control linked to gameplay events, question graphics on the large projector, score displays, the host’s information screens and of course the iconic Pointless column. Every aspect of the show is controlled by our operator and the game logic, allowing everything to synchronise from the click of a single mouse button.